The Stories of the Sufferers

Crimson Tears of the Sky

A chocolate truffle was created from scratch, only to be eaten by wicked witches and wizards, the magical phenomenons. If it were to be eaten by a mere mortal, catastrophe will strike them powerfully.

A girl, Aasiya, has an absolute fondness for chocolate. She simply desires it in her waking time and includes it in any meal. One day, she uncovered a chocolate truffle, neglected on the ground. Initially, she felt contempt for its previous owner, but then she was glad she discovered it, for it was enveloped securely in a gourmet wrapper. Ignoring all the negative thoughts on how it may be drugged or poisoned, she picked it up and prepared to devour it.

Aasiya opened the wrapper and gazed at the treat. Her mouth watered at once. It was firm with a milk chocolate outer layer and dark chocolate drizzled atop. First, she took a bite, and her eyes bulged as a rich caramel filling from the depths of the treat oozed out of the truffle. She chewed slowly, savoring every last bit.

Next, she took a second bite and chewed it more leisurely. When she swallowed, her heart permeated with disappointment. She checked the wrapper for a brand name, but none were given. Aasiya continued on her stroll in the woods.

As she continued her walk, she began to feel dazed and confused. Her vision began blurring, and her legs began wobbling. She felt something was off with her body; that something was being drained from her body. She glanced at her hands gasped at the coolness and clamminess. They had turned a great shade of purple. She looked down to her brown feet, now wrinkly, and they, too, were purple.

What is going on? she wondered.

One thought occurred to her: the delicious chocolate was poisoned, but she quickly refuted it and blamed it on something else. Maybe it was something from earlier. Maybe there's something she's allergic too.

As she strolled, she spotted a bench and headed to its direction. She would have made it, but she felt weak and weary, although her heart was beating rapidly. Consequently, she fell onto the cool pavement. She pressed her clammy hands to her chest, but her hand sunk a little deeper than she expected.

Overhead, thunder boomed, and rain did not fall; rather, dark crimson liquid droplets were freed from the sky. Aasiya noticed it drop onto her hand, and she looked up to see what was happening. She frowned at the occurrence and tried to stand up. It took great energy since she felt extremely weak and dizzy. What was going on with her body?

Speedily, Aasiya's body began to rise from the sky. She attempted to scream but was too exhausted to do so. As the dark liquid fell on her, she realized with horror what it was. Blood. It all made sense. The fatigue, the clamminess, the color. Her blood was being drained from her body. Her mind rushed with questions and ideas:

Was it the chocolate truffle?

Aren't I supposed to be dead?

How the fuck is this happening in the first place?

And lastly:

What is going to happen to me now?

But by then, she had reached the sky, drenched in her own blood, and miraculously still alive. She dreaded what the next case was going to be.

Aasiya's body was slashed into many pieces, shredded by a hundred knives, and haphazardly thrown onto land to be drizzled on luxurious hair with a rich filling within their bodies.

"The sky is turning red

Return to power draws near

Fall into me, the sky's crimson tears

Abolish the rules made of stone"

- "Raining Blood", Slayer